Total War

Evolution from mass war to total war:
There used to be smaller armies of countries that would fight battles here and there between each other until one surrendered or proved stronger.  No country would be invaded or destroyed, governments would remain intact and citizens were more or less removed from the action of the war.  The increasing destructive technology of war forced overpowered the governments control of the situation, making wars a larger and more costly scale.   The machines, such as tanks, enabled the armies to advance more distance in a smaller amount of time, increasing the pace of war destruction. The mass production of tanks and new machines required a large workforce to continually produce and replace the growing need for machines that were destroyed quicker than ever before.  The qualities of mass war changed to encompass every aspect of a society until all of its resources were being utilized for the single purpose of war.


Key Qualities of Total War:
-Total war had to end with total victory and "unconditional surrender"
-Massive propaganda pushes where everyone started to believe the lies
-unable to look for compromises
-Countries only look for total military victory
-Mass Production of Machines
-High number of civilian casualties
-Weapons of mass destruction
-Quicker and more effective